Beautiful Meaningful Profitable

Fostering a new business paradigm
for doing well by doing good

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Experience

ESG and Sustainability advisor with focus on luxury and fashion industry. Assignments included the likes of Maison Alaïa, Chloé and Aspesi among others, has supported Chloé’s journey in becoming the first luxury brand B-corp certified.

Former EU and UN development aid manager.
Over 15 years experience advising several EU and UN initiatives including the coordination of the UN social enterprise programs for Med area and UN Ethical Fashion Initiative. Recently appointed as ESG advisor for UN agency for Industrial Development, UNIDO and partnership coordinator for UNHCR initiative, Made51.

Social entrepreneur:
- Founder of SeeMe a pioneer ethical jewellery brand whose heart shaped jewellery are handcrafted by women survivors of violence
- Founder of EthicaRei the first ethical certified supplier network for fashion. Made in Italy & Made in Dignity.

Advocate for global impact economy:
- Member of sustainability scientific committee of Accademia Costume e Moda
- Member of the Global Board of Directors of World Fair Trade Organisation.
- Certified B-Corp leader
- Contributor to news outlets including BoF, Harper’s Bazaar NL and Vogue Italia
- Speaker and panelist at sustainable literacy events and global conferences discussing: climate and social justice, fair trade, gender equality, fashion and luxury industry’s challenges.
Participations included: Conde Nast Luxury conference, Social Enterprise World Forum, UN Fashion for development
- Guest lecturer at SDA Bocconi, MA Luxury Business Management and at Milano Fashion Institute

M.A. with honours in Geopolitics and International Relations.

Advisory services

Adept at leading and optimizing corporate approaches with forward-thinking strategies in order to enhance sustainability efforts and capitalise existing resource.

Ethical sourcing /
Social procurement

Supporting brands’ search for ethical and sustainable suppliers in a common effort to improve positive impact within their supply chain.

Relentless advocate for equal opportunities for girls and women. Championing social and environmental justice.

With Suzy Menkes during Conde Nast International's Luxury conference.

With Suzy Menkes during Conde Nast International's Luxury conference.

‘Shouldn’t what we buy represent our values in a time when standing for something means everything?’

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Positive impact

Efforts to transform fashion into a force for good started with SeeMe.
Born while walking through the souks and back streets of Tunis, SeeMe is a fair trade verified brand that produces sleek heart shaped jewelry. It also provides ethical sourcing for fashion brands the likes of Chloé, Missoni, Karl Lagerfeld.

All items are handcrafted by women survivors of violence, trained as silversmith and employed.
Charity is not sustainable. Job creation is.